Anti-war rally at MY school

[rock jock]

Azrael,

You make us, and your brother, proud.

 

[.45FMJoe]

Excellent work, man!! Keep it up. I love arguing the anti-war people. 99% of them are not anti-war, they are anti-American.

 

[JoeSF]

Was the rally anti war or Anti US? Where were the people to protest Cambodia, Chechnyia, Afghanistan during the Russian occupation, Algeria and frances adventure, Somalia, Rawanda or Iran Iraq?
What was the toll in human life in these adventures? Why does the world only protest when the US does something? When the Russians put missles in europe aimed at the west nobody said a thing. When Regan responded by installing them too, then there were protests. Ask your fellow students next time.
You did good son . Thank you.

 

[Gnull]

No, don't call it pro-war. I am not pro-war, and I doubt that you will find a sane individual who is. I want peace. The difference is that you and I know that we achieve peace with the bayonet, not the olive branch.

hmm.. now that I think about it.. thats probably a good idea.. saying I'm pro-war would sound kind of bad. I should have said that I support the freeing of Iraq, or something along those lines.

 

[Azrael256]

I usually say things like "One of the basic human rights is the right to self-determination. The Iraqi people deserve democracy simply because they are human. I support the establishment of a democratic government in Iraq, even if force is required to do so." I do feel that a non-violent establishment of democracy is better than a violent one, but I have yet to find a way to bring about a peaceful change. Since we can't come up with such a plan, the only recourse is to violently overthrow Hussein.

 

[Frohickey]

Around 6:00 PM, after several somewhat heated debates (we were quoting bible verses at the "Jesus was never pro war" girl, and she finally said that "the bible can't be taken literally...")

Should have asked if UN Resolution 1441 could be taken literally too.

 

[WyldOne]

Anybody notice
the astonishing display of reasonableness on the part of the antiwar types in this case? Debates were heated, but they were debates as often as not; the leader of the protest came over and had calm discussions with the flag-wavers, and when Azrael asked for some chalk, the antiwar leader GAVE him some.

If this kind of exchange happened more often, what a world it would be! I say, good on ya, Azrael, for speakong out, and good on the antiwar organizer for his self-control. Amazing.

Thank you for pointing this out. Not all of us lefties are evil, horrible people.

Az, good on ya for standing up for your beliefs.

 

[ahadams]

Hey AZ - great job, well done! do they know your nom de bbs, or do they just not understand. Two blinks is quoting Luke 22:35-36 I believe which is great to use as a counter protest sign (just the reference, not what it says) because NONE of the counterprotesters will probably be familiar with it. Another counter protest sign that works well is "visualize whirled peas". For some reason that really upsets some new agers. Keep up the good work!